This story is a
remarkable forecast of the future. So many things in this story resemble
today's world. The logic refers to computers, the tank refers to servers,
and all of it relates to Google! The story shows the takeover of computers
in the world, and how they have all become connected. We can access any
information that we need, no matter how ridiculous, like poisoning our blonde
wife. I believe that the author was trying to provide us with an insight
into the invasion of our privacy, and the dehumanizing of the world.
Children of today are becoming dependent on computers as the only source of
their information. Libraries are less and less utilized, and the
connection to reading a great book, or exploring the world outside of a computer
is dying. Our privacy is constantly in jeopardy, and providing our name
and any personal information can reek havoc on our personal lives, and the
"Logics" we rely on to do our work. Meaning, by distributing
our personal information, we become vulnerable to spam, viruses, identity theft
etc.... The author was very insightful with the way he wrote about
dehumanizing us as a culture. We have become completely reliant on
computers, cellphones, and anything that has to do with technology. I see
people up camping all the time on their cellphones, and ipads, and getting full
bars, coupled with the Wifi that their 49 foot camper has installed. The
kids are on their computers, rather than playing outside. It truly does
make me frustrated when my own children want to play video games, more than
they want to play outside. I have installed strict policies in my home,
so that my kids understand that the computer is a perk or helper when we need
it, it is not our best friend, and does not replace real play. I truly
feel that the author was right on target with the future, and realized that
they would control humanity in every way. I have said it before in my
blog, but Google is God! There is no other way to sugar coat that
in my opinion, as Google is a gigantic formation of tanks and interconnected
logics with unlimited power, and unlimited information. Google relies on
us to feed it information, then spits that information out back to the rest of
the world. It was ironic to see how the logic was going to be upgraded,
and better, and faster, just like in today's world. We are always in a
race to develop faster more efficient products. To me, the dehumanizing
effect is the most important. People are getting divorced through text
messgaes, and emails, and human communication is turning into acronyms and
laughing out loud at everything. What happened to actually laughing out
loud? My son saw a payphone the other day, and said "What is that
glass box dad?" I said "That's just an old school cell phone
that we used to have to pay a quarter to use, no "Framily" plans for
those things. He got it, and wanted to know what we did before cell
phones. I had to tell him that people trusted each other alot more, and
seemed to be more responsible, and less stressed. This is what I feel the
author was trying to convey, the complete collapse of society, and the
dehumanization of a culture because of the way that we use technology. I
really enjoyed this story, as it is a great reminder that a totally connected
world is a totally dependent world.
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